Overview
- Agents conducted the inspection Wednesday at a federally authorized Container Freight Station in Avenel, and surveillance video showed officers escorting groups of workers to waiting vans.
- The 46 undocumented laborers represented about 22% of the onsite workforce and were placed in federal custody to await immigration proceedings.
- DHS said the operation sought to verify compliance with immigration and security rules to safeguard supply-chain integrity at bonded facilities.
- Officials did not identify the warehouse operator or indicate whether the employer could face penalties, while local reports named Savino Del Bene without confirmation from DHS.
- The action follows a larger federal sweep at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia that detained roughly 475 people, pointing to a broader national workplace enforcement push.